Getting Started with the SDK

To get started with developing applications, install the bada Software Development Kit (SDK). The bada SDK installation also contains the bada IDE.

Before installing the SDK, make sure that your computer fulfills the system requirements and that the required software has been installed.

Microsoft Windows® XP, Windows® Vista or Windows® 7 operating system.
At least 1.4 GB of RAM memory.
At least 1.8 GB of free disk space.
Local administrator rights.
The bada Simulator screen size is 480 * 800. If the screen resolution of your computer monitor is under 800, the Simulator does not show normally for applications that use OpenGL®.

* Open Source
The bada SDK includes copyright software licensed under open source licenses. A copy of the open source software and Toolchains is available at Samsung Open Source Release Center.

1. Installing the bada SDK

If you have installed the SDK before and are now upgrading to a new version, first uninstall the previous version.

1.Download the SDK installer, bada_SDK_<version>.exe.
2.Run the SDK installer.
The SDK installation wizard starts.
3.Select the required language packs and click Next.
4. Click Install.
The SDK is now installed and configured on your computer.

The installer downloads the needed language packs during the installation, and the download can fail due to firewall issues or unstable network connections. In that case, download the SDK full package, unzip it, and run the unzipped bada_SDK_<version>.exe file. The full package includes the supported language packs, so no downloads are required during the actual installation.

If you need to add more language packs to your SDK later on, do not reinstall the SDK with the SDK installer, since it can cause problems for your development environment. Instead, download the language pack installers (bada_SDK_<version>_<model>_LP#.exe files) from the bada developer site and run them.

2. Starting the bada IDE

When you start the IDE for the first time, a welcome page is displayed with more information on bada and on developing with the IDE.

3. Generating a New Application Profile

Before actually starting to develop your mobile application, you need to make some initial preparations and define some basic information for your application. Go to My Applications to register your application and define its basic information.

Note:
If you have started developing your application with the default manifest.xml generated by the IDE, you must re-create the application project. Before you start application development, you must set the system requirements for the target device and the appropriate privilege groups. Then download a manifest.xml file that contains this information and use the file in the application project.

4. Creating a Project

After defining your application details and downloading your application's manifest.xml file, you can start actual development with the bada IDE.